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Re: And the July Surprise is...
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:52:57 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.announce, Brad Justus writes:
> Okay, so it's still June. Let's just say that we're as eager to announce
> this as you are to hear about it. So without further ado...
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> LEGO Direct is pleased to announce the arrival of a new product series: LEGO
> Legends. LEGO Legends are reissues of landmark LEGO sets -- perhaps the
> first set in a particular playtheme, or a set widely acknowledged as a
> superlative building experience, or perhaps simply a much beloved set.
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> And the first LEGO Legend is (the envelope please)...
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> The Guarded Inn (set #6067).
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> (I like to imagine that at this point in the message there will be gasps and
> the sound of people falling off their chairs. I really hope that you all are
> delighted by this -- we've had a lot of fun getting this accomplished.)
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> The set is complete, with all parts exactly as included in the original
> release in 1986. Packaging will different (more like the LEGO Sculpture
> packaging); the set will be issued as set #10000.
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> The Guarded Inn will be sold exclusively through LEGO Shop At Home in all
> LEGO Shop At Home markets. It will be available for preorder on LEGO.com
> tomorrow (Friday, June 8) -- I am not certain exactly in which category or
> categories it will be listed, but if you can't find it, do an Item Number
> search for set 10000. Currently, we estimate that the set will be shipping
> the first week of July (hence the "July Surprise"). The price will be $24.99
> in the US, and will be equivalently priced in other markets.
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> To answer in advance a couple of questions which I suspect may arise: LEGO
> Legends are different from the "classic" reissues which were announced a
> couple of weeks ago. Those classics are not intended to be a long-running
> series, whereas LEGO Legends is. The classics are limited to reissues of
> very recent product, whereas LEGO Legends may reach back much farther (hey,
> we've gone back 15 years for the first one, right?). LEGO Legends will not
> be issued frequently -- likely only a few times each year. But you can be
> certain that the sets which will appear in this series will be the very best
> that LEGO has produced. And yes, I can assure you that The Guarded Inn is
> only the first in the line.
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> The Guarded Inn is only one of what will be a very active LEGO Direct
> exclusive product assortment -- you've already had a taste of what is to
> come with our trains and the Sopwith Camel. There will be much more. So (I
> hear you ask), "what *is* coming???"
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> Well, for that, you'll just have to wait...
> for the *August* Surprise.
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> Play Well!
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> -- Brad
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> Brad Justus
> Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
Thank you for responding to my last question with a letter, Brad Justus and
Susan Williams. There was a typographical mistake in the letter when you
said "Afterall" in my letter just to keep you informed of a mistake in the
letter. I should explain myself better with the Lego sets that I want to
combine in the Lego Space theme. The Space Police, Blacktron, and possibly
Futuron/Futureworld sets have two different series in these themes. I am
not sure whether the classic Legoland Space theme is the same theme as
Futuron/Futureworld but these sets seem to indicate some type of similarity
between the Legoland Space theme and the Futuron/Futureworld themes. Space
Police and Blacktron had two different versions. The first Blacktron
version existed in the years of 1988, 1989, and 1990. The first Space
Police version existed in the years of 1989, 1990, and 1991. The second
Blacktron version existed in the years of 1991, 1992, and 1993. The second
version of Space Police existed in the years of 1992, 1993, and 1994. The
Lego Company should sell both versions of space Police as one set and both
versions of Blacktron as one set and that all of the sets can be sold under
either color scheme. Also, if Legoland Space is indeed another version of
Futuron/Futureworld, then the people should have the same blue visors as the
Futuron/Futureworld people. I think that Lego made some good moves with the
Lego Soccer and Lego Star Wars franchises but I would love to see a Lego
theme for Pokemon. The pieces, at least for the sparring areas, are easily
obtainable with current pieces. I hope that this response dispells any
confusion in your mind.
Jesse Long
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